KING OA8300 Jack Replacement Head HDTV Directional Over-the-Air Antenna - White

I purchased this antenna to replace my broken batwing. The antenna still worked good except the mounting bracket was broken. I did a scan before I replaced it and the King had a much stronger signal as seen with my signal meter and picked up a couple extra channels. The signal did not even get any weaker when I lowered the antenna from 36" to 12" (I had to cut the mounting tubes down so the new antenna would clear my AC unit). My batwing even had the UHF enhanced add on attachment. However I could not get any local VHF stations like I could with my home antenna. I reinstalled my old batwing and I couldn't pickup any of the local VHF stations with it either. I called King and they were very responsive and told me that their antenna is primarily for UHF and will not work very well for VHF signals. So the end result is the King is a much better antenna even when when 24" lower than the original batwing sitting at 36"

I routinely camp out in the middle of nowhere with my 2010 travel trailer. I'm at least 40 miles from the nearest TV station transmission, and using the stock "bat-wing" antenna that came with my unit, I was only able to receive at most 1 digital channel, and even then only if conditions were perfect. This King OA8300 was a breeze to install. For my Trailer, all I had to do was remove two pins that were held on with E-Clips, slide off the old antenna, and install the new antenna. There are even replacement clips in the box if you happen to lose one in the process. It does come with an amplifier that you can use, but my trailer has one built into the connections, so I opted to keep using that one, and stowed the one that came with the new antenna in case there is a problem in the future. Once I hooked it up and ran the auto-channel scan, I was floored when it came up with 40 channels! About 1/3 of the ones it discovered needed to have the antenna turned to bring them in clearly, but it did a great job at detecting them, and of the 40, I couldn't find any of them that were unwatchable as long as I turned the antenna to maximize the signal. This antenna should be stock on all new Travel Trailers!

Did not have the range I expected, wasn't able to get any channels unless we drove the rv closer to a bigger town

I ordered the King Jack replacement for our RV as the ‘batwing’ was flapping a bit when on the road and leaving wear marks on the rubber roof. In addition we were receiving numerous pixelated channels. The King Jack installed quickly and simply. Our reception went from 66 channels from the batwing with 20 of those too pixelated to watch, to 75 channels with zero pixelated using the King Jack. Note; the batwing had three rubber feet on the bottom. Once the King was installed the aluminum antenna mounting arms now laid directly on the roof. I addressed this by removing two of the batwing rubber feet, drilling two 0.332” holes in the bottom of the lower mounting arm near the top and inserting the two rubber feet as a cushion between the aluminum arm and the rubber roof. I also discovered the assembly screws used on the King were ferrous and might eventually leave rust stains on the white roof so after I was sure it worked, I replaced the nine of them with #4 3/8” stainless and #8 1/2” stainless for the four screws used to attach the mounting bracket to the King. I used my existing power pack from the batwing to power the King. Thus making the replacement even easier. Since proper operation requires the antenna to be raised, I continue to use my clothes pin method to remind me to lower it before breaking camp. I keep a labeled clothes pin on the antenna crank and move it to the gear shifter whenever I raise the antenna.

Great product we get more Chanel’s than the original antenna easy install

I tried all of the others from the square to the oval in my rv, before with the original I had digitalized video. This one I hooked up after trying 5 others including my original flat antenna I had at my house. This one I replaced my original antenna on my rv, ran it directly to my tv without the booster you plug in, pushed my interior amplifier button thats on my rv outlet and I got "all" of the channels I've tried before with the past 5 units. Simple install with the original retaining clips and pins, works great on the two aluminium risers that were there. I can't say how happy I am with this antenna, I ran a scan without rotating my unit and all channels come in at 100%. I love this unit!

Update 11-9. Customer service contacted me and apologized for lack of service. Immediately sent a new antenna, I am very pleased with their response. So for now improved to 5 stars, I will update again if I experience same problem. But will give customer service a chance to rectify. Original post Oct 18. I really like the sleek design, the less weight, and the improved channel performance of the King Jack replacement head antenna. But I believe that the units head assembly screws were not adequate for an outdoor environment. So since I purchased them in June 2018 and the product has a 1 year warranty I called King customer service to stand behind the warranty. Customer service agent "Ricky" told me that they would not warranty that problem since it didn't effect performance. I asked do you have these types of complaints in the past maybe they received a bad batch of hardware? A simple return of the unit and replacement of the hardware would have satisfied me. I also suggested just sending me the hardware and I could do it. He told me we are just going to send you the same hardware it will happen again. Ugh "faceplant". So I guess make your own mind up but I have rust marks on my roof from this antenna. I probably will figure a way to clean and coat the hardware. Since this was a very simple problem that King had no interest in supporting I really would not recommend to my friends and fellow RVers. I have purchased more expensive King products and haven't had to use the warranty yet. Not looking forward to any of those conversations if they were to arise.

Great replacement for my old bat wing RV antenna. Went from zero reception to 9 channels. Easy installation. Cons: Did not arrive on guaranteed delivery date & package was damaged but contents were fine.

La compre con cierta incredulidad, cuando llego la destape, le ensanble una pequeña base metálica por cierto muy fácil, con solo un desarmador la conecte al cable coaxial que tenía en la antena anterior, conecte la fuente de poder que viene junto con la antena y la direccióne y listo funcionó a la perfección y valla que en la zona que vivo tiene muy mala recepción. La recomiendo ampliamente

I bought this antenna as a replacement for the Winegard antenna for my RV. Winegard, when it worked, gave me 11 channels, but my wife wanted more. So I thought to try King. On the same location I received 44 channels vs. 11 for Winegard. The kit comes with a retrofit hardware and it took me less than 5 minutes to install King where my Winegard was previously. Power to the King comes via TV cable, a module, comes with the unit, you install in line with the antenna cable. It's a cinch - don't get the non powered version. Needless to say, I am happy and would recommend this unit. PS. I am thinking of using it for my house as well. Tired of paying mega$$$$ to the providers and we only watch selected channels. We now get via King all the channels that we are interested in.

MUY BUEN PRODUCTO, LO USE EN MI CASA Y SIN BUSCAR TANTO UNA UBICACION LO PUSE EN UN SEGUNDO PISO EN UNA TERRAZA Y SINTONIZO TODOS LOS CANALES INMEDIATAMENTE NI LA LLUVIA INTERRUMPE LA SEÑAL.

Hace falta el complemento del soporte para colocar la antena